Isaque Ramos joins PLMJ’s tax team

On 1 December, Isaque Ramos joins PLMJ’s Tax practice as a new partner. He comes to the firm from the Portuguese branch of McKinsey International, where he was responsible for tax and legal management of projects in Portugal and Africa.

Isaque established his career in the area of consulting in domestic and international markets. He previously worked at EY and in the of corporate and international tax department at KPMG. He is also an arbitrator at the Administrative Arbitration Centre and a collaborator of the Institute of Financial and Tax Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

For PLMJ managing partner Luis Pais Antunes, this hiring “is a decisive step in consolidating PLMJ’s strategy of transformation, to provide high-quality legal services to increasingly demanding clients. This strategy was a decisive factor that contributed to PLMJ recently being named Corporate/M&A Law Firm of The Year by Chambers and Partners, one of the leading international publications in the legal world.” The recognition that Isaque has achieved in the tax area and, in particular, in the area of transactional taxation, will help us to continue this transformative movement and to achieve a leading position among the largest Portuguese law firms”.

“I am very excited and enthusiastic about joining PLMJ's tax team, which the market recognises it as one of the most successful in Portugal and in Portuguese-speaking world. The high standards and innovation of PLMJ’s approach to addressing the challenges of the future were decisive in my decision to begin this new chapter in my professional career,” says the new partner in PLMJ’s tax practice.”

PLMJ’s Tax team, headed by partners Serena Cabrita Neto (Lisbon) and Miguel C. Reis (Porto), also includes partner John Velez de Lima (Porto). With Isaque’s arrival, the team now has four partners out of a total of 25 lawyers, and his arrival is instrumental to PLMJ’s strategy and vision to consolidate its position as the preferred partner of corporate clients and financial institutions.